| Scientific Name: | Sciadopitys verticillata |
| Common Name: | Japanese umbrella pine |
| Family Name: | Sciadopityaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stem leaves brown, scale-like, spirally arranged on twigs/crowded at tips, 1-3mm long, branchlet leaves in whorls of 20-30 (like umbrella spokes), linear, flattened, 6-13cm long x 2-3mm wide x 1mm thick, dark green above with 2 whitish stomatal bands below; pollen cones 3-8mm long, in clusters; seed cones ovoid, most 5-8cm long x 3-6cm wide; scales 15-40 per cone; seeds 5-9 per scale, 8-12mm long with narrow wing. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/sc/Sciadopityaceae.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |